Life’s deepest meaning is not found in accomplishments, but in relationships.
All of us blossom when we feel loved and wither when we do not feel loved.
Love is reaching out to try to get to the other person.
Many couples have never learned the tremendous power of verbally affirming each other.
Recent research has indicated that the average individual listens for only seventeen seconds before interrupting and interjecting his own ideas.
The person who is “in-love” has the ilusion that his beloved is perfect.
What we do for each other before marriage is no indication of what we will do after marriage.
We are trained to analyze problems and create solutions. We forget that marriage is a relationship, not a project to be completed or a problem to solve.
At the heart of mankind’s existence is the desire to be intimate and to be loved by another. Marriage is designed to meet that need for intimacy and love.
We cannot rely on our native tongue if our spouse does not understand it. If we want them to feel the love we are trying to communicate, we must express it in his or her primary love language.
I think people desperately want to feel love.
Our spouse will usually interpret our message based on our tone of voice, not the words we use.
The one who chooses to love will find appropriate ways to express that decision everyday.
In marriage it is never having my own way. It is rather discovering our way.
Much of the misbehavior of children is motivated by the cravings of an empty LOVE TANK.
We cannot erase the past, but we can accept it as history.
A soft answer turns away anger.
Most people spend far more time in preparation for their vocation than they do in preparation for marriage.
I would encourage you to make your own investigation of the one whom, as He died, prayed for those who killed Him: ‘Father forgive them for they know not what they do.’ That is love’s ultimate expression.
A child may be “spoiled” by a lack of training or by inappropriate love that gives or trains incorrectly.